how could they find out the age of the universe when they are not sure if the speed of light was constant during the big bang, how are they sure that at the time of the bang the speed was not 3000 or a million times the speed of light. Some scientists are retarded they think they know things, but they don’t. God created the universe, there was no big bang and God is going to come back to judge it, so get ready and read the Bible and put your trust in Jesus Christ

Actually there is a theory that tries to explain the much higher expansion rate of the universe than seems possible given our other comological knowledge. This hypothisis says that as the big bang occured before time, space, matter, and energy became cohesive forces that speeds much higher than Light speed were possible.

I'm doing a truly shitty job of explaining this I know but it is an idea I've only heard briefly explained once. I also can't seem to find the info online right now.

Anyway I'm pretty sure that is what he is talking about, so it isn't as stupid as it sounds. (At least not the faster than light part.)

The speed of light would have been constant, the rate of time would not have been. But this is irrelevant. So what if light was faster during the Big Bang, the Big Bang happened so fast that you wouldn't have even had time to react to it.

As I have stated before, your god can't even judge a pissing contest. As for reading the bible, I have. That's probably the number one reason a person becomes an atheist. It's an incoherent shit piece of fiction. If you actually took time to read it instead of being a pastor's parrot you would know. Now have fun with your imaginary zombie jew friend who is also his own dad and sacrificed himself to himself to save you from himself.

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."

That's an interesting theory, but I seriously doubt that it's what this idiot is referring to. As of late, creationists such as Kent Hovind and the folks behind Answers in Genesis have been taking to a modified speed of light to explain the starlight problem--they assert that the speed of light has decreased over time (without any evidence; remember, they're creationists) by itself, without a broader model like the one you're mentioning. It's just bullshit vanityvideo heard Dokter Hovind spew forth and decided that it proves God.

Edit: it seems that AiG no longer subscribes to this theory. Congratulate them; one day they might actually understand evolution.

They aren't sure if the speed of light was constant because that is still an unproven hypothesis. They are aware that that concept solves some mathematical equations. Then again, I doubt this idiot can do maths. Do you know how to calculate pi? No, you just look it up in the Bible and get 3.

What if the speed of light ever becomes slower than your thought processes vanityvideo, somewhat less than 0 mph? You'll be able to see up your own arse by looking at your head in a mirror and observe images of Pluto inside-out and turning cartwheels in space. Yipee!

I like this comment from the same thread:-

---- Syntox

The universe being older than what My Bible tells me is not only a lie, it’s also a direct assault on our values and the freedom this country stands for.

"how could they find out the age of the universe when they are not sure if the speed of light was constant during the big bang, how are they sure that at the time of the bang the speed was not 3000 or a million times the speed of light."

There has been speculation by theoretical physicists that the speed of light may have been faster during the hyperinflationary period of the universe, seconds after the Big Bang (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/10/991005114024.htm) but it's my understanding (good possibility that I'm wrong!) that even under the most extreme scenarios the universe would be only milliseconds younger.

"Some scientists are retarded they think they know things, but they don’t."

Listen here, sunny Jim, you wouldn't even know about the speed of light if it wasn't for those "retarded" scientists and neither would you have a computer to disseminate your, ahem, "wisdom" to the wider world. Fundamentalism has helped *no one*, it has discovered nothing, it has explained nothing and the number of lives it has saved amounts to a grand total of bugger all.

"God created the universe,"

Evidence? And no, the bible is *not* evidence.

"there was no big bang"

Liar!

"and God is going to come back to judge it, so get ready and read the Bible and put your trust in Jesus Christ"